Red Wings Links: All's good with Osgood

AP PhotoRed Wings goaltender Chris Osgood hopes to recapture his form this season.

Over the past two days, Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood has spoken to the Detroit News's gregg krupa and the Detroit Free Press's George Sipple about his mental and physical fitness levels, and Osgood sounds happy, healthy and prepared to assure Wings fans that he can get the job done as Jimmy Howard's back-up [Detroit News, Detroit Free Press]

The other big news of the day comes from the Detroit Red Wings themselves as the team's putting single-game tickets on sale this Friday. If you're willing to go down to the box office in person, the Wings are selling $9 seats for September, October and November's games as well [DetroitRedWings.com]

IIHF president Rene Fasel made some absolutely daffy comments at the World Hockey Summit on Tuesday, and I discussed both Fasel's comments and the bizarre spin-pushing atmosphere in Toronto as we await NHL commisioner Gary Bettman's rebuttal of Fasel today [Various sources via Snapshots]